Fors looked at the man who had spoken up to buy a Sequence 4 Potion formula with surprise and curiosity. It was the same gentleman she had chatted with earlier, whose voice sounded young yet somehow made him seem very old.
...He said he was half an employee here, so was he acting as a shill?
It had been very effective, though. At the very least, it proved that the organizer of this gathering really could produce a Sequence 4 Potion formula. It was just that ordinary participants probably couldn't buy one, and couldn't afford one even if they could.
Or was that the real use of being half an employee? Only members were qualified to buy High Sequence formulas?
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed... This transaction was both a display of their resources and an indirect way of attracting gathering participants to join them.
Audrey had more or less the same thoughts, and even a few more:
...Mr. Painter had said earlier that he had all the Potion formulas below High Sequence for the Apprentice, Seer, Hunter, Lawyer, and Spectator Pathways. But since he had a Sequence 4 formula for the Hunter Pathway, he very likely had the same for the other Pathways he'd mentioned.
Perhaps the force behind Mr. Painter had already obtained most, or even all, of the Potion formulas for these Beyonder Pathways.
With the Abraham Family involved, the Apprentice Pathway was definitely complete, at the very least.
But I've already joined the Psychology Alchemists. I don't need to buy formulas and ingredients on my own anymore.
Besides, this Beyonder gathering really is high-end, but that also means a new force has taken root in Backlund. It's worth keeping an eye on them.
As her thoughts swirled, she heard Mr.